Publications and Presentations

Below is a compilation of publications, documents, and presentations related to leasing and ownership of lands and resources lying within ocean and coastal waters. Whenever possible, links to pdf and web-based documents are provided. If you know of additional documents that are appropriate for inclusion here or you have access to documents identified but not provided below, please contact us.

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Publications and Other Documents

Beck, M.W., K.M. Fletcher, and L.Z. Hale. 2005. Towards Conservation of Submerged Lands: The Law and Policy of Conservation Leasing and Ownership. Rhode Island Sea Grant, Narragansett, RI. pp. 17-29. (download .pdf, 4,331k)
Beck, M.W., K. Fletcher, T. MacDonald, and J. Udelhoven. 2005. The Leasing & Ownership of Submerged Lands for Conservation: Issues & Opportunities in Law, Policy and Practice. In Proceedings of the Coastal Zone Management Conference 2005. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center. Charleston, South Carolina. (download .pdf, 33k)
Beck, M.W., T.D. Marsh, S.E. Reisewitz, and M.L. Bortman. 2004. New Tools for Marine Conservation: the Leasing and Ownership of Submerged Lands. Conservation Biology, Volume 18, No. 5. (download .pdf, 191k)
Bryant, E.J. and K.M. Fletcher. 2007. Exploring a New Strategy for Marine Protection: Private Conservation of Tidelands in Massachusetts. Ocean and Coastal Law Journal. Volume 12. No. 1. University of Maine School of Law. (download .pdf, 262k)
Carter, E. 2003. Eco-tourism and Secondary School Students. In Managing Educational Tourism, ed. B. Richie. Channel View Publications, UK.
Carter, E. 2002. Private Sector management of Marine Protected Areas. In Proceedings of The First Egyptian-International Conference on Protected Areas and Sustainable Development, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. EEAA.
Carter, E. 2002. Financing a Marine Protected Area in Tanzania through Ecotourism. In Proceedings of the Ecotourism Symposium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. NCWCD, SCT.
Carter, E. 2002. Community Involvement and Community Based Ecotourism. In Proceedings of The International Year of Ecotourism East African Regional Conference, Nairobi, Kenya. UNEP, CI.
Carter, E. and F. Marty. 2002. Marketing of a Private Conservation Project. In Co-operating for Sustainable Tourism, ed. Rauschelbach, B., A. Schafer, and B. Steck. Kasparek Verlag, GTZ.
Carter, E. and S. Riedmiller. 2001. Ecotourism in a Private Marine Protected Area. In Proceedings of the INDO-DC International Workshop on Policy Options for the Sustainable Use of Coral Reefs and Associated Eco-systems, ed. Wittmer, H and Z.L. Hassan, Mombassa, Kenya. ACP-EU Fisheries Research Report no.10.
Carter, E. and S. Riedmiller. 2001. The Political Challenge of Private Sector Management of Marine Protected Areas. In Proceedings of the INDO-DC International Workshop on Policy Options for the Sustainable Use of Coral Reefs and Associated Eco-systems, ed.Wittmer, H. and Z.L. Hassan, Mombassa, Kenya. ACP-EU Fisheries Research Report no.10.
Carter, E., O. Nyange, and Y. Said. 1997. Management Experiences of the Chumbe Reef Sanctuary 1992-1996. In Proceedings of the International Year of the Reef conference, Zanzibar, December 1997. UN.
Crevar, A., 2005. Getting to the Bottom of Marine Conservation. Nature Conservancy, Spring 2005: pgs 20-29. (Web version)
Davis, A.I., 2006. State Trust Lands: The Ecosystem Services Report. Sonoran Institute and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Product Code: WP07AD1. (download .pdf, 1,580)
Dodge, J. 2006. Shells lure oysters home in Woodard Bay. The Olympian, June 2006. (download .pdf, 96k)
Fletcher, K. 2005. Emerging Coastal Management Tools: Leasing and Ownership of Submerged Lands. The Coastal Society Bulletin, Volume 27 (2) 2005. (download .pdf, 1,305k)
Goss, H.2005. Protecting the bottom line: Leasing Washington’s submerged lands for conservation. Coastal Services 8(6): 4-6, 9. NOAA/CSC/20506-PUB. (download .pdf, 1,660k)
Karsenty, A. 2007. Questioning Rent for Development Swaps: New Market-based Instruments for Biodiversity Acquisition and the Land-use Issue in Tropical Countries. International Forestry Review, Vol.9(1). (download .pdf, 79k)
Kelly, P.M. 2007. Looking at Massachusetts Tidelands: An Assessment of Spatial Data on Tidelands Ownership, Licensing, Jurisdiction, and Protection. The Nature Conservancy of Massachusetts. Boston. (download .pdf, 2,117k)
Klaus, D. 2006. Submerged Lands Management in California - The Potential for Conservation Leasing. Unpublished undergraduate research paper submitted to the University of California - Santa Barbara. (download .pdf, 135k)
Lyons, B. 2006. Advancing Oyster Restoration in Puget Sound. TNC Shellfish Restoration Clamor, October 2006. (download .pdf, 222k)
Marsh, T.D., M.W. Beck, S.E. Reisewitz. 2002. Leasing and Restoration of Submerged Lands: Strategies for Community-based, Watershed-scale Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. (download .pdf, 1,346k)
Merkl, A., J. Claussen, H. Thompson. 2003. A Role for Effective, Efficient, and Equitable Conservation Concessions in Conserving Natural Resources in Indonesia. Presented at the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress. Durban, South Africa. (download .pdf, 167k)
Murphy, J., J. Udelhoven. 2007. Marine Land Ownership & Leasing Spatial Database Template. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coastal Service Center and The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Team. Seattle, Washington. (download .pdf, 292k)
New York Sea Grant. 2004. The Nature Conservancy and the Bluepoints Bottomlands Council launch sweeping Great South Bay restoration plan. (Web page)
Owen, N.K. and D. Keirn. (No date.) Submerged Lands. In Perspectives Vol. 3. Coastal Systems International. Coral Gables, Florida. (download .pdf, 215k)
Pet-Soede, L., A. Merkl, J. Claussen, H. Thompson, D. Wheeles. (No date.) Integrated Marine Management Concessions - A New Approach to an Old Problem. Conservation and Community Investment Fund. Sanur, Bali. (download .pdf, 196k)
Portman, M.E. 2007. From Land to Sea: The Application of Land Protection Tools to the Marine Environment. Dissertation Presented to the University of Massachusetts - Boston. Boston, Massachusetts. (download .pdf, 816k)
Puspitazari, S. 2003. Conservation Concessions in Indonesia: An Investigation of their Potential. Thesis presented to the University of East Anglia, Norwich. (download .pdf, 331k)
Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council. 2000. Submerged Lands Survey Update 2000. Presented at the: 19th Annual International Submerged Lands Management Conference, Newport, Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council. (download .pdf, 491k)
Riedmiller, S. 2003. Private Sector Investment in Marine Conservation: What Can Make it Happen? Experiences of Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd. Paper presented at Vth World Parks Congress: Sustainable Finance Stream, Durban, South Africa. (download .pdf, 157k)
Riedmiller, S. 2003. Private Sector Investment in Marine Conservation: What Can Make it Happen? Experiences of Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd. Paper presented at Second International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium (ITMEMS2), April 24-29, Manila, Philippines. (download .pdf, 219k)
Riedmiller, S. 2003. Co-author, Tools and Strategies for Financial Sustainability: How Managers Are Building Secure Futures for Their MPAs. MPA News: International News and Analysis on Marine Protected Areas 5(5) November. University of Washington. (download .pdf, 103k)
Riedmiller, S. 2002. Co-author, Stretching Your MPA Budget: How To Do More with less Funding. MPA News: International News and Analysis on Marine Protected Areas 3(9) April. University of Washington. (download .pdf, 61k)
Riedmiller, S. 2001. Co-author, Creating Self-Financing Mechanisms for MPAs: Three Cases, MPA News: International News and Analysis on Marine Protected Areas 2(8) March. University of Washington. (download .pdf, 68k)
Riedmiller, S. 2001. Private Sector Management of Marine Protected Areas - The Chumbe Island Coral Park Project in Zanzibar, Tanzania. In Proceeedings of the International Coral Reef Initiative Regional Workshop for the Indian Ocean. Maputo, Mozambique. (download .pdf, 149k)
Riedmiller, S. 2000. The Chumbe Island Coral Park Project in Zanzibar/Tanzania, A Private Marine Conservation Project. In Collected Essays on the Economics of Coral Reefs, ed. H. Cesar. CORDIO Stockholm/Sweden. (download .pdf, 2,122k)
Riedmiller, S. 2000. A Private Marine Protected Area: Chumbe Island Coral Park of Zanzibar. In Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean, ed. T. McClanahan. Oxford University Press.
Riedmiller, S. 1999. The Chumbe Island Coral Park: A Private Marine Conservation Project. InterCoast Network: International Newsletter of Coastal Management, spring. Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island, USA.
Riedmiller, S. 1998. The Chumbe Island Coral Park Project: Management Experiences of a Private Marine Conservation Project. Paper presented at the ICRI-International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium, November 23-26, Townsville, Australia. (download .pdf, 108k)
Riedmiller, S. 1998. The Chumbe Island Coral Park Project: A Case Study of Private Management of a Marine Protected Area. Paper presented at IUCN-Regional Workshop on Marine Protected Areas, Tourism and Communities, May 11-13, Mombassa, Kenya.
Rhodes, M. 1995. Submerged Lands Leasing Study. Study for the Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. South Carolina. (download .pdf, 17,835k)
Roche, Ronan. 2006. An analysis of Rhode Island’s tidal and submerged land laws, policy and conservation potential. University of Rhode Island. (download .pdf, 1,339k
The Nature Conservancy. 2007. Exploring a New Strategy for Marine Protection: An Analysis of Laws, Policies, and Practices Related to Private Conservation of Tidelands in Massachusetts. The Nature Conservancy, Boston, Massachusetts. (download .pdf, 1,627k)
The Nature Conservancy. 2007. Report: Oregon Submersible and Submerged Lands Ownership and Leasing Spatial Data Assessment and Development V.1. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coastal Services Center and The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Team. Seattle, Washington. (download .pdf, 464k)
The Nature Conservancy. 2007. Assessment of Law, Policy, and Practice Related to Private Cosnervation of Oregon Submersible and Submerged Lands. The Nature Conservancy, Portland, Oregon. (download .pdf, 701k)
The Nature Conservancy. 2006. Exploring a New Strategy for Marine Protection: An analysis of Alaska's tidal and submerged lands leasing laws, policy, and conservation potential. The Nature Conservancy's Southeast Alaska Office, Juneau. Alaska. (download .pdf, 254k)
The Nature Conservancy. 2005. Bluepoints Bottomlands Project making Great South Bay great again! (download .pdf, 189k)
The Nature Conservancy. (No date.) Community-based restoration in the Great South Bay: Leveraging conservation cooperation to ecosystem scale. In Common Ground: Celebrating Conservation Partnerships. (Web page)
The Nature Conservancy. (No date.) Nature conservancy protects 11,500 acres of bay bottom in innovative marine conservation deal. (Web page)
The Nature Conservancy. (No date.) A new underwater frontier: Great South Bay, New York. (Web page)
The Nature Conservancy. (No date.) Eastern Shore of Virginia: Virginia Coast Reserve. (Web page)
Udelhoven, J., M. Beck, and K. Fletcher. 2006. Conservation Leasing and Ownership of Marine Lands: New Strategies for Historical Challenges. In the Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of The Coastal Society. (download .pdf, 52k)
Udelhoven, J., J. White, & B. Lyons. 2005. Conservation Leasing in Washington State—Partnerships for Improving and Protecting State-owned Aquatic Lands. In Proceedings of the 2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference. (download .pdf, 140k)
Udelhoven, J. 2007. Obtaining Proprietary Rights for Ocean and Coastal Conservation. In Proceedings of the Coastal Zone Management 07 Conference - Brewing to Your Coastal Issues. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center. Charleston, South Carolina. (download .pdf, 31k)
U.S. BEACH Act of 2000. (download .pdf, 116k)
U.S. Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. (download .pdf, 196k)
U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953. (download .pdf, 272k)
U.S. Submerged Lands Act of 1953. (download .pdf, 176k)
U.S. Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (Clean Water Act). (download .pdf, 537k)
Woodward, N.H. 2004. The Nature Conservancy Goes Deep to Save the Last Great Places on Earth. The Hamptons.com, June 23. (Web page)

Presentations

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Beck, M., K. Karr, and M. Carr. 2006. Conservation Leasing and Ownership of Marine Resources. Presented at the Society for Conservation Biology Conference. (download .pdf, 2,773k)(download PowerPoint file, 4,213k)
Beck, M. 2005. Conservation Leasing & Ownership of Submerged Lands. Presented at Coastal Zone '05. The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Team. (download .pdf, 5,278k)(download PowerPoint file, 9,684k)
Brumbaugh, R., M. Bortman, C. LoBue, J. White, B. Lyons, J. Udelhoven, and M. Beck. 2005. Shellfish Restoration on Privately Leased or Owned Submerged Lands in the U.S. - A Catalyst for Partnerships and Ecosystem-based Management. Presented at the International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Team. Narragansett, Rhode Island. (download .pdf, 8,718k)(download PowerPoint file, 43,493k)
Bryant, E. 2006. Exploring a New Strategy for Marine Protection - An analysis of laws, policies, and practices related to private conservation of tidelands in Massachusetts. Presented at the International Submerged Lands Management Conference. The Nature Conservancy of Massachusetts. (download .pdf, 624k)(download PowerPoint file, 732k)
Fletcher, K.M. 2003. Towards Conservation of Submerged Lands: Conservation Leasing and Ownership. Presented at the University of Florida. Roger Williams University School of Law. (download .pdf, 942k)
Kelly, P. 2006. Getting the Picture - Massachusetts and Oregon Case Studies: Tidelands Leasing, Licensing, and Ownership Data Assessment & Development. Presented at the International Submerged Lands Management Conference. The Nature Conservancy of Massachusetts. (download .pdf, 2,827k)(download PowerPoint file, 10,713k)
LoBue, C. and W. Grothe. 2007. Fee title vs. less than fee title underwater land ownership: Experiences from Long Island, New York. Presented at The Nature Conservancy's Marine Aggregation Conference. (download .pdf, 2,875k)(download PowerPoint file, 3,898k)
Murphy, J. 2007. Coastal Conservation GIS: A Framework for the Spatial Representation of Marine Lands Leasing, Licensing, and Ownership. Presented at the Coastal GeoTools Conference. (download .pdf, 721k)(download PowerPoint file, 1,400k)
Niles, M. 2005. Conservation Leasing of Submerged Lands in Washington State. Presented at Coastal Zone '05. Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, Washington. (download .pdf, 4,943k)(download PowerPoint file, 9,994k)
Norden, W. 2007. California Audubon's Richardson's Bay Sanctuary. Presented at The Nature Conservancy's Marine Aggregation Conference. California Audubon. (download .pdf, 6,099k)(download PowerPoint file, 7,658k)
Osherenko, G. 2006. Understanding Sea Tenure. Presented at the Society for Conservation Biology Conference, San Jose, California. University of California - Santa Barbara. (download .pdf, 2,420k)(download PowerPoint file, 5,244k)
Pet-Soede, L., A. Merkl, J. Claussen, H. Thompson, and D. Wheeles. (No date.) Integrated Marine Concession - A new approach to an old problem. Conservation and Community Investment Fund. (download .pdf, 233k)
Truitt, B., J. Wesson, and A. Wilke (No date.) Native Oyster Restoration and Management - Virginia Coast Reserve. Presented by. The Nature Conservancy of Virginia and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. (download .pdf, 14,419k)(download PowerPoint file, 32,966k)
Udelhoven, J. 2007. Obtaining Proprietary Rights for Ocean and Coastal Conservation. Presented at Coastal Zone '07. The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Team. (download .pdf, 1,454k)(download PowerPoint file, 4,838k)
Udelhoven, J. 2007. Conservation Leasing & Ownership Overview. Presented at The Nature Conservancy's Marine Aggregation Conference. The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Team. Seattle, Washington. (download .pdf, 1,205k)(download PowerPoint file, 5,357k)
Udelhoven, J. 2006. Strategies to Obtain Long-term Interests in Restoration Sites. Presented at Restore America's Estuaries. The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Team. (download .pdf, 4,950k)(download PowerPoint file, 10,095k)
Udelhoven, J. 2006. Cooperative Policy Assessments - Private Tideland Conservation. Presented at the Coastal States Organization Annual Meeting. The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Team. (download .pdf, 3,385k)(download PowerPoint file, 11,597k)
Udelhoven, J. 2006. The Role of NGOs in Conserving Submerged Lands. Presented at the International Submerged Lands Management Conference. The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Team. (download .pdf, 2,317k)(download PowerPoint file, 5,835k)
Udelhoven, J. 2006. Conservation Leasing & Ownership of Submerged Marine Lands. Presented at The Coastal Society Meeting. The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Initiate. Seattle, Washington. (download .pdf, 7,274k)(download PowerPoint file, 17,634k)
Udelhoven, J. 2005. Conservation Leasing and Ownership of Submerged Lands - New Opportunities for Public-Private Partnerships. Presented at the joint Coastal States Organization Annual Meeting and the International Submerged Lands Management Conference. (download .pdf, 7,094k)(download PowerPoint file, 13,507k)
von Reis, C. 2006. Assessment of Law, Policy, and Practice Related to Private Conservation of Oregon Submerged and Submersible Lands. Presented at the International Submerged Lands Management Conference. The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Team. (download .pdf, 273k)(download PowerPoint file, 415k)